When a child faces the death of a sibling, feelings of vulnerability and insecurity may be magnified. Additionally, because the parents are suffering, too, they may be unavailable or incapable of supporting the other children in the family. When this happens, a childs grief reaction also is complicated by the seeming loss of the parent(s).
In this Discussion, you describe how the cognitive abilities at various stages of development influence a childs understanding of death. Imagine yourself as the social worker helping a bereaved child. What skills and interventions would you use?
Assignment
1. Explain the implications of young childrens magical thinking and egocentricity on their ability to understand death.
2. As a social worker, how can you assist a parent in helping a bereaved child, under 7 years of age, whose older brother died from a suicide by overdose?
3. Justify the type of treatment (individual, family, or group) that you would recommend.
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